Not believing that half of hexbear users are trans = transphobic

Never, under any circumstances, use the phrase "you people" unless you're in the mood for everyone in the universe to act like you just lost the argument.

Imagine not being able to tell the difference between "I don't believe half of their users are trans" and "I don't believe in their users being trans".

Demographics isn't transphobic. Using trans people as a shield from criticism is.

EDIT: I looked over the October survey. The graphs aren't the cleanest but the data is there: 15% of all asked identified as trans, with another 9% as trans non-binary. A sample size of 600 to the 2300 monthly users is also really good, so the data ought to be very representative.

Meanwhile, Lemmy Devs are saying the "transgender topic" is promoted by "the bourgeoisie", and how "biological men" shouldn't be competing in "women's sports"

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/25213024

(also, who the fuck says "biological men" in the transgender context, its called transgender women)

Literally the only place I have ever experienced transphobia on Lemmy was from a hexbear, who called me a chaser for saying that my ex was a trans woman.

The fuck with this obsession of telling people whether they are or are not trans online?

"You people," huh?

I hate how they're incapable of actually thinking, so they latch onto specific phrases so they can pretend you're a racist so they don't have to engage with what you're actually saying

I tagged Cowbee as a tankie also. I despise the technique also: lobbing "-phobic" accusations if there's anything that can be seen as negative said in the same paragraph that mentions some group like trans people. It's shitty for multiple reasons.

I commented one time on the bear that Ukraine has a right to self defense and self actualization and got flooded by 15 different users, all pro-russia, then banned.

Oooook. But that tracks I guess. I lean left and theres nothing I hate more than leftists, except fascists.. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Denying the self-reported identity of a marginalized person is absolutely bigoted, and those demographics come directly from self-reported polling data.

Unless you are simply unaware that they conduct their own demographic polling, dismissing those demographics as 'not real' is the same thing as accusing those users of lying about being trans

Well Yerbatim kind of comes off as a dick reading the rest of the linked conversation. He also seems to be known to the hexbear community in general judging from an other comment coming from a hexbear user. cowbell might be responding to this more than anything else and he got banned for it. He also got banned for it because of this post and not the original so to speak (it's in the comments of this post).

I didn't check his history per say but I did check the modlog and amongst a few mean spirited comments, there was this gem:

I got one for you: How does a Hexbear user proceed to kill himself? He shoot a bullet 3 inch above his head, directly in his superiority complex. But seriously, you guys (cause you're 95℅ guys lets be honest), arent half as intelligent as you think you are. Cheers

I also don't know what the percentage of trans users would have to do with anything.

.world doesn't federate with hexbear. My first experience with them was when they abused the emoji exploit so I'm kind of fine with it. I don't know all the drama nor the actors involved but it doesn't seem like everyone is being critical enough. I don't think the glorification or the ban are entirely justified.

how do i block any post with "hexbear" anywhere in the title or comments?